Elizabeth Wurtzel explains why she loves Britney Spears: As sure as night follows day I’m going to link to this predictably unsatisfying piece on Britney. I’ve never read anything by Wurtzel which hasn’t stated the obvious, though u[…]

now, tom, i think the truth about “busby berkeley dreams” lies somewhere between your two interpretations. robin is correct in saying that it’s a beautiful song about “a simple and uncritical faith in the concept of love&#8221[…]

WARRING FACTIONS – IHM LYRIC WATCH 4
Of course, along with my own attempts at peace making in the bitter Middle Eastern conflict, Mr Philip Oakey of the Human League tried his damnedest to point out the ironic contradictions of life in Beirut,[…]

TANYA SOLVES THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
As far as I understand it, the main sticking point of the Middle East Peace Process which has been chuntering along with little success of late is real estate based. Holy cities cause conflict when said city is b[…]

IF I WAS A FUCKER
There is one hymn, though, that I hate more than any other, more even than the one Fat Les did. That hymn is not often sung in church, for the reason that the parish budget won’t often stretch to a guitar synthesiser and hexag[…]

FOR GOD’S SAKE SHUT UP
There are a lot of hymns out there. They come in big fat books that I only ever see when I go to weddings. If they stayed like that, I reckon I could tolerate them – merely as the bad devotional poetry they are. The[…]

Fluffy Bunny Sparkle Cloud Raves: Peace, love, unity and respect! Ban all drugs now. (via Pearls)[…]

A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States: mostly the usual suspects, but a few other amusing tales too – “The NBC and CBS radio networks joined ABC in banning a novelty hit by Dot and Diamond called “Transfusion” b[…]

I’m moving this week, initially to my parents’ and then to who knows where (job-related uncertainty). Will I do a Westernhomes and vanish completely? Hardly. But there might be some fall-off in posting between now and Thursday. If Fred, G[…]

Here’s a metaphysical puzzler for you: at what point will the number of album reviews in the world exceed the number of albums released? Some albums, of course, never get reviewed. Others are reviewed a billion billion times, or so it would see[…]